408 CDUS43 KDMX 240634 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1232 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 31 446 PM 66 1930 39 -8 39 MINIMUM 17 803 AM -8 1989 21 -4 31 AVERAGE 24 30 -6 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.26 1925 0.06 -0.06 0.66 MONTH TO DATE 1.01 0.96 0.05 1.37 SINCE DEC 1 4.15 3.23 0.92 4.37 SINCE JAN 1 2.53 1.86 0.67 1.74 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 41 35 6 30 MONTH TO DATE 858 892 -34 762 SINCE DEC 1 3056 3416 -360 2845 SINCE JUL 1 4350 4714 -364 4041 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 800 AM LOWEST 58 100 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 78 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -4 1993 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2013......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 555 PM CST FEBRUARY 25 2013......SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$